Highcon has confirmed the launch of a new range of consumables for the company’s digital cutting and creasing machines.
Following in-depth analysis of customers’ usage and implementation of the Euclid and Beam machines around the globe, Highcon’s ‘Customer Success’ department learned that the majority of customers produce short to medium run lengths where setup time is critical to productivity. Many also requested the ability to re-use the Highcon Dart foils, on which the creases are written, for repeat jobs.
This has led to the development of two new consumables lines: Highcon Dart Premium and Highcon Dart Economy consumables.
The Dart technology — implemented in the resin, foils and counter — opens up a wide range of digital potential to the previous analogue process. The digitally driven rule shape (geometry – cross section) and dimensions (height v width) can now be automatically adapted and if necessary, by grain direction, depending on the application or substrate thickness. Also, since there is no die-cutting forme and the two processes of cutting and creasing are separated on the Highcon machines, there is no restriction to cutting or etching on a crease.
The Highcon consumables have been developed to offer a real advantage when handling paper, folding carton or corrugated boards.
